Method of handling packet losses in transmissions based on DASH standard and FLUTE protocol

摘要

A method of retrieving a file, the method including: receiving a portion of a content transmitted in accordance with a multicast protocol via a file delivery service, wherein the content includes data fragments forming a file; receiving a file delivery table (FDT) from the file delivery service; reading in the file delivery table location attributes indicating locations of the data fragments in the file; and determining from the location attributes locations of non-corrupted data fragments in the content portion.